Stage names:
Bandô Hikosaburô VI
Onoe Eizaburô VI
Onoe Eizô
Other name: Bandô Shinsui VI
Real name: Terashima Eizô
Guild: Otowaya
Line number: ROKUDAIME (VI)
Poetry names: Shinsui (6), Baichô, Rakuzen
Existence: 12 octobre 1886 ~ 28 décembre 1938
Connection:
Great-grandfathers: Onoe Kikugorô III, Ichimura Uzaemon XI
Grandfather: Ichimura Takenojô V
Father: Onoe Kikugorô V
Brother: Onoe Kikugorô VI
Adopted brothers: Onoe Baikô VI, Onoe Kikunosuke II
Grandsons: Bandô Hikosaburô VIII, Ichimura Manjirô II, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô IV
Great-grandsons: Bandô Kamesaburô V, Bandô Kametoshi, Ichimura Takematsu VI, Ichimura Hikaru
Disciple: Bandô Yaenosuke
Career:
January 1896: he appears on stage for the first time, receiving the name of Onoe Eizô and playing at the Meijiza in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
February 1903: his father Onoe Kikugorô V dies.
March 1903: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Otowaya guild; the actors Onoe Ushinosuke II, Onoe Eizaburô V and Onoe Eizô respectively take the names of Onoe Kikugorô VI, Onoe Baikô VI and Onoe Eizaburô VI [more details]
1909: Eizaburô is adopted by the Bandô clan.
July 1914: Eizaburô plays for the first time the role of Tôma Saburôemon in the drama "Tengajaya-Mura", which is performed at the Kabukiza; His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Motoemon), Bandô Mitsugorô VII (Hayase Iori), Onoe Fujaku VIII (Somenoi) and Morita Kan'ya XIII (Hayase Genjirô).
April 1915: Onoe Eizaburô VI takes the name of Bandô Hikosaburô VI at the Ichimuraza, playing the role of Ikyû in the drama "Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa".
November 1915: Hikosaburô plays at the Yokohamaza (Yokohama) the role of Tôma Saburôemon in the drama "Tengajaya-Mura". His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Motoemon), Bandô Mitsugorô VII (Hayase Iori) and Ichikawa Shinnosuke V (Hayase Genjirô).
May 1916: a stone commemorating the memory of Onoe Kikugorô V is erected in the precinct of Fudôson Temple in the district of Fukagawa in Tôkyô.
May ~ June 1916: tour in the Southern and Western provinces of Japan with the actors Onoe Kikugorô VI, Bandô Mitsugorô VII and Onoe Kikujirô III.
July 1917: premiere at the Ichimuraza of the kyôgen "Tachi Nusubito", which is adapted to kabuki by Okamura Shikô and performed by Onoe Kikugorô VI, Bandô Mitsugorô VII and Hikosaburô.
December 1918: Hikosaburô plays at the Ichimuraza the prestigious role of the king of thieves Ishikawa Goemon in the drama "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri". The role of Mashiba Hisayoshi is played by Morita Kan'ya XIII.
May 1925: Hikosaburô plays at the Shimbashi Embujô the role of Tôma Saburôemon in the drama "Tengajaya-Mura". His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Motoemon), Morita Kan'ya XIII (Hayase Iori) and Ichikawa Omezô IV (Hayase Genjirô).
April 1926: Hikosaburô plays at the Hongôza the role of Fuwa Kazuemon in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
February 1928: Hikosaburô plays the role of Hayami no Tôta in the michiyuki "Yoshinoyama", which is performed at the Shimbashi Embujô. His stage partners are Ichikawa Omezô IV (Shizuka Gozen) and Onoe Kikugorô VI (Satô Tadanobu).
January 1930: Hikosaburô plays at the Meijiza the role of Arajishi Otokonosuke in the classic "Meiboku Sendai Hagi". The role of Nikki Danjô is played by Onoe Kikugorô VI.
March 1931: Hikosaburô plays at the Tôkyô Gekijô the role of Arajishi Otokonosuke in the classic "Meiboku Sendai Hagi". The role of Nikki Danjô is played by Onoe Kikugorô VI.
November 1932: Hikosaburô plays the role of Hayami no Tôta in the michiyuki "Yoshinoyama", which is performed at the Kabukiza. His stage partners are Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (Shizuka Gozen) and Onoe Kikugorô VI (Satô Tadanobu).
April 1934: Hikosaburô plays the role of Hayami no Tôta in the michiyuki "Yoshinoyama", which is performed at the Kabukiza. His stage partners are Onoe Baikô VI (Shizuka Gozen) and Onoe Kikugorô VI (Satô Tadanobu).
June 1934: premiere in Tôkyô at the Tôkyô Gekijô of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Kurayami no Ushimatsu", in which Hikosaburô plays the role of Shirôbei. His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Ushimatsu), Ichikawa Omezô IV (Oyone) and Onoe Taganojô III (Okuma, Oima).
February 1936: Hikosaburô plays the role of Tôma Saburôemon at the Misonoza (Nagoya) in the drama "Tengajaya-Mura". His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Motoemon), Bandô Mitsugorô VII (Hayase Iori), Onoe Kikujirô IV (Somenoi) and Ichikawa Omezô IV (Hayase Genjirô).
Comments:
Bandô Hikosaburô VI was a talented supporting tachiyaku and katakiyaku, performing in the troupe led by his brother Onoe Kikugorô VI.
Bandô Hikosaburô VI playing the role of Matsuômaru in the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" (print made by Natori Shunsen in 1928)
Print made by Kôchôrô Hôsai in 1903
The Onoe Eizaburô line of actors
The Bandô Shinsui line of actors
The Bandô Hikosaburô line of actors